syria's opposition present president assad he will not leave a country alive after pledges stay in his homeland now washington's exclusive interview with r.t. . cia chief david petraeus quits his post over an extra marital affair as some question whether there is another reason for his departure. friday prayers and the violence in bahrain with police firing tear gas at opposition troubling to make their voices heard and i'm going to take government protest.

this is our take going to live from moscow with mayor ian joshie of the free syrian army the made armed opposition group in the country has threatened president assad he would follow the fate of levy is the leader moammar gadhafi this aspect shot alas it said in his exclusive interview with r.t. he has no plans to leave syria father masri the head of the f.s.a. media department who is listening to the words of the president says it is doomed. in his statement to your channel he said he would not leave syria we know this very well because he will not be able to leave syria he and his people will not money to leave the country the free syrian army will not let him do this he will not get out of syria long enough you'll be lucky if he meets the same fate as more gadhafi. now the western backed syrian opposition is still locked in talks over the creation of a unified group to forge a broader alliance against the government the syrian national council vying to keep

its main role has chosen and new leader appealing for more weapons to help oust assett an anti-war activist prime backer says the opposition was never after a peaceful solution to the conflict if the opposition is saying to the assad government into the forces within the syrian government that their fate will be the fate of khadafi mean sodomized and murdered by a mob of course that leaves little incentive for the syrian government to sit down and negotiate but these forces within the syrian opposition have never wanted to negotiate there were forces that did want to negotiate did seek to have change and reform in syria but without foreign intervention and without civil war and they have been pushed to the side by the syrian the free syrian army and i should say they've also been pushed to the side by washington and by the nato powers who really only wanted civil war as the main method to carry out the regime change in syria the syrian president has only in the ballot box can determine his future

insisting he has the support of his people and the army which of us had warned against foreign intervention in syria saying the western powers have picked him as one of their bogeyman r.t. so we share or not he spoke to the embattled leader and the mask is. that he is not a western puppet he also denies the fact that civil war is taking place in this country he's saying that it's not civil war it's a conflict where he has to five different fractions of terrorism. and the fact that the financing of this terrorist fractions was unprecedented and it was coming from abroad what he told me that if the finest were to stop then he would probably need about two weeks more to restore peace in his country and he also said that if the west were to intervene militarily it would have a domino effect from atlantic to pacific and no one would be gained from that and he also said that west tends to create enemies for themselves like communism iraq

saddam hussein and he feels that bashar al assad in syria is a new enemy not syria but he himself so he feels that the fact that conflict has asked elated it is because the west has created a new anime in the space wasn't told that there wasn't a problem you know there were. any means it was. for different reasons they want to create a new. program that the president has to do first of all you have to focus on. listening to what they say i asked him it's not just the west but a lot of countries have betrayed you on the first occasion why do you have so many so many enemies in the arab world he said well actually a lot of arab countries support me but they're afraid to say it out loud i asked him why and he said because they're all under the strength and power of petrodollars i also asked him about turkey and if the war with turkey was a real possibility and he didn't he doesn't believe that there's going to be an

actual war with turkey but he also emphasizing the fact that the turkish people are the enemies of syrian people and they're always been a friendly nation but it's carried on and his government that's the problem and it's against bashar and wants to all special because god wants to reassure his and strengthen his political position in. and in the region personally thing that you can use for the autumn and you can control the region as it was doing both when you pull you. differently. which is. slimy but not go to money not to be ready for but in his old he thinks he's heard before i ask him do you regret anything what's your biggest mistake he says of course i have requests and of course i have made mistakes but when i ask him what is your biggest mistake he wouldn't give me a precise answer he said it's too early to talk about precise mistakes and precise regrets because the word the called think is still going on i also asked him if he were to turn the clock back to fifteen as of march that's when the protests started

to escalate would he do anything differently and he said no i wouldn't because within the marches within the protest marches there were people who started to shoot innocent civilians and the government forces so the government army had no other choice than to respond with force do what i did exactly the same for exactly the thing to. different parties to for. and to stand against the terrorist group but i always thought you didn't thought as most because there will be little emotions but within those motions you have militants who thought that the civilians. at the same time so he said he wouldn't change much about a year and a half ago when the protests started to grow and escalate he would do exactly the same. and you can see the full exclusive interview with syria's president bashar asad g.m.t. here on r.t. and it's also available on our website.

i'm feeling and i mean. maybe you feel you have to be fancy you know but incident but. i didn't are to exclusive friday through sunday on r t r t dot com. one of america's best known military leaders and cia had david petraeus has abruptly announced his resignation stepping down the trail submit to an extramarital affair saying he was guilty of unacceptable behavior day at the trap served as a cia boss since two thousand and eleven after leading u.s. military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan reports say an f.b.i. investigation discovered he had an affair with his biographer paula broadwell she spanned here with a former cia chief in afghanistan in one viewing him for a book on u.s. warfare instead of law enforcement officials say broadwell was trying to illegally access to trances e-mails intelligence expert lieutenant colonel tony savva told

our team there's more behind the resignation than just moral issues going on on the ground through the ports and one of the lessons of washington is whatever they're talking about publicly publicly the issue is something else entirely and i think that's what's here let me be very blunt here general eisenhower the commander of all our forces of world war two related to d.-day invasion one hundred forty four had an affair with his driver f.d.r. president. roosevelt knew about it but they didn't believe it so there's something else deeper here something else that i don't think anybody fully understands that this general general petraeus may have is a critics over c.i. a lot of folks have problems at cia i'm a trained case officer trained by cia but cia but i know a lot of friends over there and you know they have a very unique structure a very unique culture and anytime it alcide or comes in such as betray us and others as well there's a great deal of resistance because all this is not an insider is not a true. an intelligence source so used techniques his leadership was different

there was a lot of folks who are used to let's face it the military techniques of general he's used to doing things a military way cia and a civilian organization but i think from day one there were clashes. coming out here in our pain for the future today we'll look out the biggest shake up of k. pensions for a generation that threatens to further shrank pay packets and recession hit. plus close society find out how norway's growing islamic community is causing some locals concern for their safety. on the some flight for. my chute despite.

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just give me a nice big we use here then we then use plenty by sort of i don't agree you don't agree with everything my son is in the arena i don't know what is going to be for you shared. your new country. the moon or hope. you find in so many. things. welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow the u.s. has established its first permanent military base and poland troops will be preparing joint drills and american warplanes and service aircraft stationed there plans for the base were agreed by barack obama and his polish counterparts two

years ago or so once more cooperation with washington and even supports its controversial european missile to fan system parts of which are set to be deployed in the country russia has voiced concerns over the shield which it sees as a potential threat to national security dr gerald horne author and historian says war needs serious seeing its foreign policy direction. our more saudi very much concerned right now russia is a very powerful neighbor it has many allies across the globe it's a military power as well as an economic power in that part of the world and quite frankly doesn't make that much since warsaw from its nose at such a powerful neighbor and i would hope and imagine that there would be a reconsideration of their foreign policy sooner rather than later this is all very ominous and very dangerous particularly in light of the moves in poland which obviously brings into question the reset with moscow which had been tell it so

heavily by administration spokes person but if i were in berlin i would also be concerned because there is rising competition particularly in europe between berlin and washington. well with the u.s. election signed sealed and delivered there's still little enthusiasm was manning there. i didn't vote i didn't really care why not. i don't even know like what anybody stood for it's not something that interests me i just go with the flow party's resident takes to the streets of the big apple to find out what people think of the outcome of the exhausting race that's coming out. deadly clashes flared up in the bahraini capital manama when police prevented people from attending friday prayers security forces set up checkpoints and fire tear gas at the crowds killing at least one person a sixteen year old boy reportedly try to break through barricades to get to a mosque and it was chased into a highway where he was hit by cars sounds of opposition supporters plan to gather

for worship last month see if the words span all public gatherings in the town to hold the ongoing protest against the marquee political analyst patrick having since has the ruling family has been given the green light by the west to crush the opposition. or if you look at you know william hague and hillary clinton gallivanting around with the friends of syria meetings accusing the assad government of crimes against humanity you only have to look at bahrain to look at a litany of crimes there revoking nationality of protesters right now there are they blaming the latest bombing on hezbollah as if it's hizbollah has any any connection with bahrain so. he's going to have his appeal denied next week by the the all talk we see in bahrain so you know the europe loves bahrain they go down there for loads of money in their country formula one grand prix every year and loads of oil coming out of that country there is absolutely zero chance of any

democratic reform in this country and this is a country that absolutely needs it washington and london have more or less given the boot the go ahead for the bahraini roll family and that and that government that autocracy to really go hard and fast and drop the hammer down on any pro reform movements and that's exactly what we've seen. now more stories for you in line at r.t. dot com including stockpiling nuclear weapons is crazy iran's president questions the sadie of any nation with atomic bombs. plus who will rescue the rescuers u.s. emergency services shut down due to bad weather as new york is blanketed in snow all these stories and more waiting for your online. the british government is introducing a new pension scheme called automatic enrollment which could see people forced to

say from in their early age lawmakers claim it will ensure everybody has money to live on in retirement but as firth reports many see it as just another financial hurdle. pensions and retirement already things that you think about when you're young now if you're a twenty two or you might have to the government's new or so romans it's being billed as the biggest take up of the pension system for over a generation that is how much of a burden is this going to place on people who are just starting out as you race through life it can be hard to keep the piggy bank for a planet with say many other things to fork out for pensions seem like just another financial hurdle but not to worry the government's got a plan to get people saving and their little piggy is called in rome and it's always something that can be left tomorrow you always got something else to spend your money on it always seems a long way away and then when it gets closer you think was too late. automatic

enrollment is to help you by basically saying look you're going to be put in your own decision to take is whether actually you think that that's the right thing and therefore he's go with whether you're actually using no unusual opt out brits have been spending like there's no tomorrow but they're around half the casework is paying nothing towards their future but with an aging population automatic enrollment will force companies to sign up every employee even though he's ending far below the average salary will be eligible a wage of just over eight thousand pounds a year is enough to make it apply but the first some will know about it is when they see less money already modest paycheck. the risk of course going to be a cost so he's going to cost people some of the hard earned income every month but having said that it's money is for the pensions campaign is warned it is an open door to mis selling and the money will be creamed off by schemes and plays into

huge management fees the government is trying to sell this is a winner with tax relief and making employees pay up as well but not everyone's. convinced out of out of over my finances rather than forced to by a government even called margin there right now according to the same photo more or less know your future i'm just turned twenty two i'm not taking from a pension i'm thinking about how i'm going to make rent next month or gage whatever i'm up to my my pension right now i think the only thing wrong with being t.v. . i would be out. with many feeling we sing governments have made a pig's ear of the country's finances unconvinced it should be sticking its snout into the savings on consider much of toby's i mean is this someone you can just replace all these days taxes of so many things whatever you know is just ridiculous i don't think you should have to pay for two no one wants to finish with nothing in the pension pot and whilst the government's need does encourage saving in the

current economic circumstances it seems that many people will simply be opting out . and it's not just the u.k. that continues to have financial problems while the rest of the e.u. further tightening their belts. over the budget for next year after collapse after state members failed to agree on extra funding for the remainder of two thousand and twelve there is a huge gap in so-called emergency funding covering education infrastructure and research projects one point five billion euros were to be paid to italy poland and spain to help victims of flooding and job cuts the lack of agreement cast a shadow over another long term budget plan for the next decade which is up for discussion later this month. every teen police search at a sri lankan prison has erupted into violent clashes between authorities and prisoners in need seized weapons and the sum managed to escape at least sixteen

people were killed during the ride several prisoners were later caught after briefly going on the run the country's largest prison seemed to similar uprisings since two thousand and ten. up to ten thousand ultra conservative muslims have rallied in cairo demanding the implementation of sharia law in egypt's new constitution the document is currently being drafted as a country moves away from the policies of ousted president hosni mubarak the country is divided over the issue of islamic law and then egypt sions believes such policy will be a step backwards and a threat to civil liberties. the us has denied russia's request to transfer a former businessman victor borge who was convicted for arms dealing in america to his home country to serve his prison term that apartment of justice says it doesn't want to create an undesirable prison and due to the seriousness of the crime a u.s.

court sentenced two to twenty five years in jail in april for conspiring to kill american nationals and to sell weapons to colombian rebels the x. businessman denies the charges russia has been trying to get him and sent home in line with an international convention moscow believes that boots prosecution was politically motivated with foreign minister sergei lavrov saying he will do all he can to get him transferred to his home country now multiculturalism is on the rise in norway but a growing islamic population is causing concern for manning an increasingly radical muslim movement is attempting to implement its own shari'a laws which has some locals worried or even a reports. tolerance is no is well known trademark maybe even to well known thirteen percent of the country's five million population a remembrance but it seems it may be suffering from its own hospitality i learned this six years since i was like everything that we do it's because this is to keep

it started as if it's immigrant i mean it's a population for years it's been home to a large number of outsiders who believe in peace and money was treated exactly the same besides it's not enough a while ago a radical islamic group demanded to make its independence from the city and the sharia law territory to feel literally. in a letter sent to some of the country's politicians and journalists and known extremists have threatened to carry out and nine eleven in no way if their demands are not met. it's really something really. really to be taken serious but this is not the first death threat coming from noways muslim community in this media of pakistani born in mom preaches those not praying should be brought to prison for those not fasting during ramadan decapitated is it possible to kill here in the river yeah no problem

or weapon is made to kill we hear concerns over how some immigrants bring part of their cultures to know we from the head of the country's hunting union. our something courses there were pending for muslims who seem to have more interest. in nature and helping attending courses is one of the two legal ways in no way to get a personal weapons license if you don't respect the rigid rules and you want to live. in norway and then you can go back to your country opposition party member he himself came to know we as a. tical refugee in the late eighty's he says the ruling labor party is importing voters immigrants are indeed among the parties strongest supporters but the price is high how can you integrate minority when the minority actually the

majority in a society who is going to learn from. you are. such rhetoric is too familiar to every know we do in a home grown terrorist killed seventy seven here last summer protesting against the takeover of muslim immigrants also one towards one of those on that island last july his comrades and friends were killed right in front of his very eyes he says he survived to fight for what brave it tried to destroy the most important. grounded well use for ground. it's a fight the fight for democracy or. justice it's something that we need to focus on despite concern for the threat to kill made by some immigrants may be a real noways unlikely to give up its dollar and small in fact it's quite the opposite for many the only response to brave immigrants motivated massacre is seen

immigrants embraced more than ever before. r t no way. for four more years that that search from president obama on twitter caused a stir this week becoming the bulls t. twitter tweet ever following is return to the white house but where the u.s. electorate a large really that inspired by one of the most expensive election campaigns of all time our residence here the streets of new york to gauge the public's reaction. the u.s. presidential election is finally over now what this week let's talk about that did you vote are you happy with the outcome yes i mean what do you expect to change in the next four years. i guess. for you to make things better just was going to change i didn't vote i didn't

really care why not i don't even know why quote anybody stood for just not something that interests me i just go with the flow so you don't think it affects your everyday life oh it sure does. i'm sure it does but do i have much control over it and it really feel that what voting is the only way that you can control i still in feel like i had that much control no i didn't why not i was torn between the two. for you to be in my own interest but there were more than two running you could have voted for someone else. there were more the people that were running for the presidency and you didn't even know it those two parties are too strong and they're entrenched and i don't think you want to change that but what about if we start really trying to separate money from politics or put solutions like that on the table. we'll have the right to vote full the people out do you think that there might be room for

a third party come two thousand and sixteen. well whatever i. hope and they can do something but it's you know it's a tough road to go here what's it going to take for the american people to wake up and realize there's more than two parties. i'm not sure i sometimes think we put a lot of pressure on the president and a lot of the change has to come from with us as well you know we can't rely on him one hundred percent you know you got to you got to get up in the morning and you've got to work for your country yourself you can't rely on one man to do it all for you. i think the only people in this country that have ever really been able to make a difference usually end up dead. that is so sad sad but true but. do you think it'll ever change. i would hope it would i don't know what the catalyst for that will be but do you think you and i can be a catalyst don't you think that people can demand more and make a change. i'd like to think that so do you think that we can make people more aware in these four years that we have until the next election i think so how do we do

that. that's a good question we're doing it right now we are whether or not you expect anything to change in the u.s. the bottom line is real change is probably not going to start with the president in visioning it it's going to start with the people demanding it. all next week for the secrets behind the world's most widely used and reliable assault rifle the kalashnikov. resistance is not of politics but a culture. is could test. on its own.

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